What's On
The museum is closed on this date.
Exhibitions
Exhibition: Art of the Selfie
16 March 2024 – 26 January 2025
10am-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Pay What You Can
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Exhibition: The Valleys
25 May 2024 – 5 January 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Streic! 84-85 Strike!
26 October 2024 – 27 April 2025
10:15am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Pay What You Can
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Exhibition: Lily’s Fossil Footprint
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: The Fossil Swamp
18 May 2019 – 2 March 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Reframing Picton
1 August 2022 – 12 January 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: New Collections: 'The Dynamic' by Sebastián Bruno
From 28 September 2024
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Ffoto Cymru: In Plain Sight (Miss Jenkins? - after Richard Wilson) by Holly Davey
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Events and Talks
Exhibition: The Fossil Swamp
18 May 2019 – 2 March 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Lily’s Fossil Footprint
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Reframing Picton
1 August 2022 – 12 January 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Cuppa and a Paper
Wednesdays- fortnightly
12pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: STREIC! 1984-1985 STRIKE!
1 March 2024 – 1 March 2025
9.30am-4.30am
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Ours To Tell
16 March 2024 – 21 January 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Van Gogh Afternoon Tea
From 16 March 2024
12.00; 13.30; 15.00
Suitability:
All
Cost: £23
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Exhibition: Art of the Selfie
16 March 2024 – 26 January 2025
10am-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Pay What You Can
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Exhibition: Wales is… talking about empire
From 4 May 2024
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Visit The Vulcan Hotel
From 11 May 2024
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: The Valleys
25 May 2024 – 5 January 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: ARTIFEX Become a Roman Craftmaster!
During local school holidays and weekends.
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Making Waves – RNLI Cymru 200
22 June 2024 – 1 June 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Digital Event: Open Meeting of the Board of Trustees
26 September & 12 December 2024
10.30am - 1pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Please register your attendance by e-mailing Board@museumwales.ac.uk by 5pm of the Monday before the meeting.
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Event: Family Museum Trail
16 August 2024 – 16 August 2025
Suitability:
Families
Cost: 50p
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Event: Create a Woolly Hat
20,23,30 November ; 14, 18 December 2024 ; 08, 11 January 2025
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: £30 pp
Booking: Essential
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Event: Little Lambs
3 December 2024, 11 March, 15 July, 14 October & 2 December 2025
10.15am-12.15pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: New Collections: 'The Dynamic' by Sebastián Bruno
From 28 September 2024
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Come to Sing!
Every Tuesday (in term time)
11.30am
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Ffoto Cymru: In Plain Sight (Miss Jenkins? - after Richard Wilson) by Holly Davey
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Soup+Cinema
Every Monday
1-4pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: Museum Little Mice
13 December 2024
10.15am - 12.15pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Quiet Hour at the Museum
15 December 2024 & 12 January 2025
2-3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Tides of Time: Art, Industry and Heritage
21 October–31 December 2024
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Audio Described Tours: at the National Roman Legion Museum.
Available Wednesday to Friday, please contact us in advance to arrange a booking
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Exhibition: Welsh Wool, Slavery and Identity
Coming Soon!
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Streic! 84-85 Strike!
26 October 2024 – 27 April 2025
10:15am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Pay What You Can
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
Fully booked
2–29 November 2024
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Exhibition: Wales is...our home
12 November 2024 – 12 November 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: A Bespoke Welsh Woollen Coat
16 November 2024 – 27 April 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Our Swansea, Our Stories
19 November 2024 – 7 January 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Concert Series
20 November & 4 December 2024
13:00
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Carers Rights Day 2024 at the National Wool Museum
21 November 2024
10.30am-2pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Talk: Talks Programme – The Valleys: Paul Emmanuel
To 21 November 2024
1pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: Audio Described Tours at National Museum Cardiff
22/11/2024
10:30
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: The Green Fair
23 & 24 November 2024
Sat 10am - 4pm, Sun 10am - 3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Christmas Makers' Market
23 & 24 November 2024
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: The Vulcan Quiz
Fully booked
24 November, 8 & 22 December 2024
5pm-10pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £5 per person
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Event: Step Into Welsh Through Play, Movement and Stories
28 November 2024
10.30am - 1pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Talk: Talks Programme – The Valleys: Photography and the Valleys
28 November 2024
1pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Curator-led ‘Made in Wales’ gallery tour and One Heart Drumming session
28 November 2024
10am
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Organ Recital
29 November 2024
13:00
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
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Course: Christmas Botanical Illustration
30 November 2024
10:30 - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £75 | £60 Concession
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Course: Christmas Willow Decorations
30 November 2024
10:30am - 1:00pm or 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £50 | £40 Concession
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Event: Jingle Bells and Elves: Christmas at the Museum
30 November & 1 December 2024
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free - £6.50
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Event: Elf Workshop - Make a Snow Globe
30 November & 1 December 2024
11am, 1pm & 3pm
Suitability:
Age 6+
Cost: £6.50 per child
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Event: Christmas Makers' Market
30 November & 1 December 2024
10am - 5pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Festive Musical Performances
30 November–1, 7–8, 14–15 & 21–22 December 2024
11am-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Carols in the Chapel
30 November–1, 7–8, 14–15 & 21–22 December 2024
11am | 1pm | 3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: £6
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Event: Meet Father Christmas
30 November–1, 7–8, 14–15 & 21–22 December 2024
Multiple timeslots 10am-5.30pm
Suitability:
3+
Cost: £10
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Event: Write your Christmas Letter in the Victorian Schoolhouse
30 November–1, 7–8, 14–15 & 21–22 December 2024
10am-1pm & 2-4.30pm
Suitability:
3+
Cost: £4
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Event: Christmas Crafts
30 November–1, 7–8, 14–15 & 21–22 December 2024
10am-4.30pm
Suitability:
3+
Cost: £5
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Event: Christmas Trail: Runaway Reindeer
30 November–22 December 2024
10am-4pm
Suitability:
4+
Cost: £3.50
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Event: Elf Show
1 December 2024
12pm, 1pm & 2.30pm
Suitability:
Age 3 +
Cost: £2.50 per child
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Event: Big Waterfront Christmas
1 December 2024
12 - 4pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Quiet Days at the National Roman Legion Museum
1 December 2024, 26 January & 2 March 2025
10am-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: One Stop Info Shop
2 December 2024
11am - 1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Decorate your own Christmas Cookie at Big Pit
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Suitability:
Families
Cost: £10
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Event: Decorate your own Christmas Cookie at the National Waterfront Museum
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Suitability:
Families
Cost: £10
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Event: Behind the Scenes: A visit to the Paper Conservation Studio
3 December 2024
2pm
Suitability:
10+
Cost: £8
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Event: Tech Tuesdays
3, 17 December 2024, 14 & 28 January 2025
1 - 3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Festive Afternoon Tea
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Suitability:
All
Cost: £25.00 per person
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Event: Festive Afternoon Tea
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Suitability:
All
Cost: £25.00 per person
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Making a Christmas Suncatcher
5 December 2024
2pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Talk: Talks Programme – The Valleys: Curator Tour
5 December 2024
1pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
Fully booked
6–14 December 2024
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Saturnalia
7 December 2024
11am-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Course: Christmas Willow Wreaths
7 December 2024
10.30am - 1pm & 1.30pm - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £50 | £40 Concession
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Course: Festive Table Runner Weaving
Fully booked
7 December 2024
10:30am - 4:30pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £85 | £70 Concession
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Event: Gŵyl Hwyl: Christmas!
7 Rhagfyr 2024
10.15am
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Silent Disco
7 December 2024
Family event: 6pm - 8pm | Adults-only event: 9pm - midnight
Suitability:
All
Cost: Family event: £9 | Adults-only: £18
Booking: Eventbrite
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Event: Festive Film Screening - 'The Snowman'
7 & 8 December 2024
Suitability:
3+
Cost: £6
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Event: Winter Vintage and Makers Market
7 & 8 December 2024
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Christmas Makers' Market
7 & 8 December 2024
10am - 5pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Christmas Traditions: The Mari Lwyd & Hunting of the Wren Performances
7–8 & 14–15 December 2024
11am & 2pm (Sat) / 1pm & 3pm (Sun)
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Chestnuts and Carols around the Fire Pit
8 December 2024
12pm - 2pm
Suitability:
Drop in
Cost: Free
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Event: Festive Film: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (U 2009) 2pm (English) 2.30pm (Welsh)
8 December 2024
2pm (English) 2.30pm (CYM)
Suitability:
Drop in
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
Fully booked
11–19 December 2024
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Audio Described Tours at St Fagans National Museum of History
12 December 2024
11am
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: St Fagans Sketching Group
13 December 2024, 10 January, 14 February & 14 March 2025
10.30am-12pm
Suitability:
16+
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking is essential.
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Event: Community Carols
14 December 2024
1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Festive Paint Along
Fully booked
14 December 2024
7pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £25 pp, or two for £45
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Event: Storytime with Santa
14 & 15 December 2024
10:45 - 16:30
Suitability:
Families
Cost: 10.00
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Event: Festive Family Paint Along
Fully booked
15 December 2024
10.30am & 2pm
Suitability:
Age 5+
Cost: £15 pp
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Event: Twts Tawe
Every Wednesday (in term time) - starts from 7 Jan 2025
11am - 12pm
Suitability:
0-3 years old
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Pubs and Crafts
9 January 2025
1pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
Fully booked
10–24 January 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
Fully booked
16–30 January 2025
8pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
Fully booked
6–21 February 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
Fully booked
7–28 February 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Course: Introduction to Enamelling
8 February 2025
10:30am - 3pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £80 | £65 Concession
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Course: Bread Basket Weaving
8 February 2025
10:30am - 4:30pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £85 | £70 Concession
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Course: Introduction to Spinning: From Fleece to Fabric
8 February 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £85 | £70
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Event: Chinese New Year Celebration
9 February 2025
11am-3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Course: Half Day Courses: Introduction to Blacksmithing - Big Pit National Coal Museum
10 & 12 February 2025
10 - 12 OR 1 - 3
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £75 | £60 concession
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Course: Lambing Day Courses
5, 7 & 10 March 2025
8:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £150 | £120 Concession
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
7–28 March 2025
8pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Course: Introduction to Leatherwork
8–9 March 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £85 |£70 Concession
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Event: Museum Sleepover: Dinos
8 & 9 March 2025
17:30 - 09:15
Suitability:
Families. Children aged 6-12 years old
Cost: £70 / £75 / £95
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
14–27 March 2025
8pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Course: Spoon Carving Course
15 March 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £65 | Concession £55
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Course: Willow Trays and Trivets
15 March 2025
10:30am - 4:30pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £85 | £70 Concession
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Course: Botanical Illustration - St Fagans National Museum of History
29 March 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £75 | £60 Concession
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Course: Introduction to Blacksmithing - St. Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
29–31 March 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £150 | £125 concession
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
10–24 April 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
11–25 April 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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